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UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN, LAWRENCE, KANSAS
MONDAY, NOV. 14, 1949
The Editorial Page—
Lawrence Fable
Once upon a time there was a city councilor who lived in a university town that was full of students who were always complaining about something.
pumping about something.
This town was a progressive little town in many ways, despite the fact that it was older than most. Although the age of the community made it full of historically interesting subjects, it also made it full of narrow, bumpy streets.
On this particular day, the councilor was on his way to pick up two other members of the City Council to inspect a certain sidewalk that was reported to be in need of repair.
On his way to pick up the first councilor, several ounces of gasoline were consumed by his car while going eight blocks out of the way because of a one-way street. This distressed the councilor, but he realized that as long as the street was narrow, it was necessary to make it a one-way street.
While driving to the office of the second councilor, who was to help inspect the sidewalk, two fenders on his car were scratched by a college student who was driving at the speed of 15 miles per hour on one of the narrow streets. The councilor frowned to himself, and decided that perhaps this street should also be one-way.
After inspecting the deplorable condition of the sidewalk, the councilors jumped into their car and started homeward.
the councilors jumped into their car and sat down. The three councilors drove down a steep, bumpy hill. Because they were so involved in their conversation about the sidewalk, they hardly noticed the condition of the street. In fact, they were so interested in their talk that they didn't hear one of the hub-caps of the car bounce to the brick street as the car struck one of the minor bumps. The driver was so engrossed in the action they were planning against the bunny sidewalk that he thoughtlessly allowed his car to go into one of the deepest gulleys in the street. This resulted in the dislocation of his neck, which ended the conversation. The other councilors had little sympathy for a driver who would drive into such a place, when the gully on the other side of the street was only half as deep.
After the next meeting of the City council, the clerk was authorized to write the property owners of the sidewalk a letter demanding that such a disgrace to the community be remedied at once.
The moral of this story is that people who live in towns with narrow, bumpy streets shouldn't throw property suggestions at the public if they don't want to start a lot of talk about the streets. ___ —Bill Graves
The Golden Calf
Many students, especially freshmen, seem to have acquired the idea that to have a successful college career, one must be a "big wheel."
A continuation of this line of thought is the belief that a necessary prerequisite to campus recognition as a "big wheel" is to be a member of, or preferably a leader of an organization.
The natural conclusion is that the more organizations that one is a member or leader of, the bigger wheel one will be in the eyes of the gods that determine the social standings of the students.
Some follow this line of reasoning even further than the natural conclusion, and arrive at the point where not only is it necessary to join as many organizations as possible, but to join that company of gods mentioned above, and be one of those omnipotent beings who determine the social standings of the other students.
What all this amounts to is that a large number of students wind up quite hopeless frustrated, and are liable to be carted off to the psychiatrists.
There are two possible solutions to this problem. The first is to abolish all organizations on the campus. As such a move is obviously impractical, we turn directly to the second possibility. Although it is only slightly more practical, it is the one that we must accept if we are to solve our dilemma.
Our chief problem at this point is to discover how to stop this frustration which is causing such deterioration of the student body.
We suggest that the number of campus organizations be increased until there are not only enough for every student to find membership but to increase the number to the point where every individual student has his own little organization of which he is the sole leader.
The organization is the Golden Calf of our generation. Let us all fall down and worship. Nelson Ober
Association Elects Dean Smith Officer
George B. Smith, dean of the School of Education, was elected vice-president of the American Association of Summer Session Deans and Directors in a meeting at Harvard university Nov. 3 through 5.
Nearly 40 universities are members. The Universities of Kansas, Colorado, Missouri, and Nebraska are the Big Seven members of the group.
Knoxville, Tenn.—(U.P.) —William H. Hailey, 73, had lived in Washington for 21 years but he figured he hadn't seen enough of the city.
Sightseeing Trip Leads Man 500 Miles Away From Home
He was still riding late that night and had just about decided that Washington was a bigger place than he had thought when he found out he was about 500 miles off the track. He had ridden to Knoxville.
So he got on a bus to go "sightseeing" about 7:30 one morning.
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"I talked back to Prof. Snarf—What you in for?"
Seven Students Overhaul Test Aircraft Engines
Overhauling an aircraft engine and testing it in actual flight conditions is the assignment of seven K.U. aeronautical engineering students.
The aircraft engine laboratory class works in a hangar near the landing strip of the Lawrence Flight Service, four and a half miles northeast of Lawrence on highway 24-40.
The class has overhauled one engine this semester—and is working on another. The overhauled engine will be mounted in a Piper Cub plane where it will be given a test flight.
Members of the class are; James Q. Seay, graduate student; James Leroy Bullard, Charles C. Hicks, Jr., Ralph E. Price, Virgil A. Sanborn, and William E. Smith, engineering seniors; and Robert F. Engineering, engineering junior.
Ammon S. Andes, associate professor of aeronautical engineering, and Norman W. Hoecker, aircraft engine mechanic, direct the work of overhauling the engines and testing them for power, temperature, manifold pressure, cylinder head pressure, fuel consumption, and other engine characteristics.
The hangar in which the laboratory is built had not been used as a classroom until this semester. The overhaul shop includes the mana-flux machine which can find invisible cracks in all steel engine parts. Cracks can even be seen through coatings of paint or carbon.
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Y Meeting Postponed
The Y.M.C.A. all-association meeting scheduled for Thursday night was postponed because of conflicts.
Domingo Ricart, assistant professor of Romance languages, was to have been guest speaker. The program will be held in the near future.
Cuba is touched by the Atlantic ocean, the Gulf of Mexico and the Caribbean sea.
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This Week's Specialty Chocolate- Dipped Nuts
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